This is my first time to see The New Dubai and Burj Khalifa, and as we are to meet Keith’s daughter and her new baby the next day, I thought I’d better to let it out my chest to photographing Burj Khalifa and it’s singing fountain that only happens in the efening. I had to asked a shop keeper of a souvenir shop in Dubai Mall when will this Singing Fountain started and he said “It won’t start before 6.30 pm and it will only showing every 30 minutes.
As a good photography enthusiast, I learned that:
- Do a reconnoiter how to get to location of where I would shoot the picture later on and how to get there.
- A nicer picture should be taken during the magic hour, or around sunset; and sunset was supposed to be around 6.02 pm and twilight should be at 7.01
- Come early and to prepare my photography gear to action.
Thus I decided to come between 5.30 to 6 o’clock, so that still plenty of time for me as well as I won’t let my husband waiting too long… the thing that he has to put up with – waiting for me photographing nonsense. However, what I did not expect is this:
The crowd who watch the singing fountain
There’s no way to get a space for me to take a room, set up my tripod and take picture over those heads and arms with cameras. I wonder where are these people coming from? If they are residence, how often do you take picture of this as the singing fountain happens everyday? If they are tourists like me, I salute Dubai for it’s ability to attract tourism so much.
Another hick-up I did was as I was using my new camera, which is Nikon D600, a full frame camera but able to mount DX lens. What I didn’t quite understand was how to look for the framed picture thru the view finder, thus this is the result:
Top end of the building were cut from the picture.
I realise then that the location I choose to take picture was too close to the object and too low. I need to be further away from the object like this:
Further away, but missing the singing fountain this still too low
What do you think???
I also upload some picture on Nin’s Lenscape - my photography blog
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